Featured bar: Cold Shot

　
    Who would think a little hole-in -the-wall bar would be a great place to listen to live bands? The Cold Shot, located at 633B W. Wisconsin Ave. , Appleton.; corner of Richmond and Wisconsin; is just the place to go.
     Run by Sherry and Dave Galow, it is a quiet place to go for good conversation and drink specials. Even on nights that bands play you can enjoy yourself without worrying about it being overly crowded. Hopefully this blog will get more customers into this quaint bar.
     Every Tuesday evening the Hair Band, consisting of Bobby Evans on guitar and vocals and Dave Galow on drums, invite guest musicians to join them. This past Tuesday they had Jon Wheelock from Blues Talk. From Kaukauna, Jon plays bass and sings. Along with being a great musician Jon is a talented song writer.
     Bobby Evans enjoys jamming’ with other musicians. Bobby told me,” The Hair Band has hosted fellow musicians: Jeff Johnson, Mojo Perry, Dave Steffen, Curt Calder, Scotty Meyer, Jon Wheelock, Greg Koch, Doug Kroening, and Donnie Pick.( I apologize, if I missed anyone.)”
     When I asked Sherry Galow, why they supported live music, she commented, ”I really haven’t thought about it.” After a few seconds she added, “There is a lot of young talent and so many types of music out there. If we don’t have them play here, no one is going to know about them.”
     Even though times are tough and paying for the bands are hard, Dave and Sherry continue to hire them without charging a cover charge. “If we can’t afford to pay the Hair Band, Dave will go without his cut.” says Sherry. “That is how much we enjoy having them here.”
     Besides the Hair Band on Tuesdays, the Cold Shot has karaoke on Wednesdays nights and The Hott Saxxx Ensemble every Thursday night. Up coming guests with the Hair Band include Scotty Meyer on January 18 and Donnie Pick on the 25^th. Clovis Mann is also performing on Friday, January 21.
     You can find the Cold Shot on Facebook. Come check out this little hole-in-the-wall bar and help support live music.